Current time in Acaraú
Friday, 17 July 2026
Acaraú, Brazil · America/Fortaleza · UTC-03:00
Time-zone identity for Acaraú
- IANA zone
America/Fortaleza- UTC offset now
- UTC-03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Acaraú is currently 3 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Acaraú
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Acaraú
Conditions near Acaraú and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Sunny
- Feels like
- 29°C
- Humidity
- 61%
- Wind
- 26.3 km/h SE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Partly Cloudy24°C to 31°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 27 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby25°C to 31°C70% chance of precipitationWind up to 25.2 km/h
- Partly Cloudy24°C to 30°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 27.7 km/h
Forecast valid from 09:30 local time. Updated 2026-07-17T12:50:20.376Z; refresh due by 2026-07-17T13:05:20.376Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Acaraú
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Fortaleza, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Acaraú
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in America/Fortaleza local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 05:48
- Sunset
- 17:46
- Solar noon
- 11:47
- Civil twilight
- 05:25–18:08
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:34
- Moonset
- 20:54
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 14%
Location context
About Acaraú
Location details for Acaraú in Ceará, Brazil.
- Administrative area
- Ceará, Brazil
- Population
- 65,264
- Coordinates
- 2.8856° S, 40.1200° W. The elevation is 17 metres.
Country context
Brazil at a glance
Country information for Brazil. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Brasilia
- Country codes
- BR · BRA · 076
- Population
- 209,469,333
- Currency
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Calling code
- +55
- Languages
- Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, English, and French
- Time zones represented
- 15 time zones are used by cities in this directory: America/Araguaina, America/Bahia, America/Belem, and America/Boa_Vista, and 11 more.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Acaraú
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Acaraú. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Bela CruzCeará, Brazil19 km south
America/FortalezaSame local time - ItaremaCeará, Brazil23 km east
America/FortalezaSame local time - MarcoCeará, Brazil27 km south
America/FortalezaSame local time - Jijoca de JericoacoaraCeará, Brazil37 km west
America/FortalezaSame local time - MorrinhosCeará, Brazil38 km south
America/FortalezaSame local time - AmontadaCeará, Brazil62 km southeast
America/FortalezaSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for America/Fortaleza when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3408368 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-17T12:50:20.351Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-17T12:50:20.376Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-17T12:50:20.375Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.